First Methodist Church

First Methodist Church is a church in Decatur, AL 35601. It is one of 169 churches in Decatur.

Decatur, AL, 35601

First Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,333 congregations of the Methodist family gather across Alabama — 25,370 across the United States on The Church Map.

Methodism gave the church the class meeting, the circuit rider, and the Sunday school, and gave America the conviction that grace is genuinely for everyone — carried into prisons, mines, and mill towns by preachers who owned almost nothing. Charles Wesley's hymns are still sung in nearly every tradition, most of them by people who have no idea whose they are.

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The community around First Methodist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.

  • Food Insecurity: 26.4%
  • Obesity: 42.5%
  • Social Isolation: 36.4%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.2%
  • Diabetes: 17.4%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.5%
  • Housing Insecurity: 18.8%
  • Poverty Rate: 18.7% (10.0–27.5%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.8%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.2%
  • Transportation Barriers: 13.0%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.1% (5.6–16.6%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Decatur city is served by 68 churches — about one congregation for every 749 residents.

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